Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Bought and Paid For Candidates

This is just one of many reasons neither of the two leading candidates appeals to me.

Democrat Hillary Clinton has raised more money from lobbyists than any other presidential candidate while Republican John McCain has more of them assisting his campaign.

Clinton took in $823,087 from registered lobbyists and members of their firms in 2007 and the second-biggest recipient was McCain, who took in $416,321, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group which tracks political giving. Barack Obama, Clinton’s rival for the Democratic nomination, doesn’t take money from registered lobbyists, although he received $86,282 from employees of firms that lobby, according to the center.

McCain has 26 registered lobbyists as campaign advisers or fundraisers compared with 11 for Clinton and none for Obama, according to review of records compiled by Public Citizen, a Washington-based group that favors stronger disclosure laws for lobbyists.

Monday, February 04, 2008

The Government’s War on Privacy

In order to “make us safer” the government wants to take away our privacy. It’s a scam, but its going forward anyway at considerable expense.

The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists.

The FBI wants to use eye scans, combined with other data, to help identify suspects.

But it’s an issue that raises major privacy concerns—what one civil liberties expert says should concern all Americans.

The bureau is expected to announce in coming days the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to help create the database that will compile an array of biometric information—from palm prints to eye scans.

Meanwhile, to show how much he cares about our privacy Bush as made sure no one sits on an oversight committee.

The screws will keep on turning unless we elect someone who will reverse these trends. I seriously doubt Hillary is that person. McCain? Not likely.

Ron Paul is looking better all the time. 

Turning on Clinton

It’s almost breath taking to watch how fast the media and Democrats are turning their backs on the Clintons, doing everything they can to see Hillary goes down in flames. No wonder she’s crying so much.

Liberal magazines are pointing out their corruption. Feminists are turning on her. Major democrats are endorsing Obama.  Even the MSM is getting into the act…

It’s looking less likely that she’ll win the nomination. Or if she does, it will be hard fought and will be done with tactics that will probably upset a lot of her base. If she wins, we will probably lose in November because of the animosity she is gathering around her like a storm cloud. 

I can’t say I’m sad to see this happen. She is not someone we need. Not only is she likely to make Democrats yearn for the glory days of the Bush presidency, we’ll have to put up woth Bill’s antics for another 4 to 8 years. No thanks.

But the question is, who will be the Republican nominee. It looks like McCain’s got it, but Romney still has a shot if McCain haters manage to rally enough people in time.

Tomorrow will tell us a lot about where all this is going. Interesting times indeed.

UPDATE: Yet another reason not to trust her.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

The Answer is Simple…

“Piracy stops global warming”

Hillary Must Lose

Not that I needed another reason to want to see her fail. I can’t imagine having to deal with the Clintons for another four to eight years. Once was more than enough. But this is a sign of the fascism to come if she gets in power.

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans.

The New York senator has criticized presidential rival Barack Obama for pushing a health plan that would not require universal coverage. Clinton has not always specified the enforcement measures she would embrace, but when pressed on ABC’s “This Week,” she said: “I think there are a number of mechanisms” that are possible, including “going after people’s wages, automatic enrollment.”

In other words, we’re going to force you to comply with whatever bogus bureaucracy we create. Like it or not. At least Obama gives people a choice.

You can imagine a PC president like Hillary would go for laws like this, too. The Clintons seem to think whatever they want goes and you better do what they say. Bush wasn’t the one who started to seriously erode civil liberties. It started with Bill Clinton in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City Bombing. And you can bet Hillary will not be the one to reverse that trend. If anything, she will make things much, much worse.

It doesn’t surprise me the Clintons have lost their appeal for many Democrats. We don’t need more scandals and corruption. 

Pacifist Cats

Not much use, is he?

This one’s for the birds.

Saturday, February 02, 2008

I Want One

Sweet!

Sign of the Times

Update on the Cult War

I’ve been interested in this war on Scientology by the group Anonymous. But it’s been quiet the last few days. So I started searching for articles and this is what I came up with.

Scientology has been very busy trying to mitigate the massive PR crisis that’s come about in the wake of the release of a 2004 Tom Cruise video. With Anonymous releasing their other secret videos and attacking the Scientology websites, the COS gone into a defensive posture.

First they send out their minions to social networking sites to try to bury stories about them.

Next they sent “mysterious powder” to themselves and get it reported in the media so they can bring some kind of federal charges against their detractors. Didn’t work too well. So one of their brainwashed celebs gave them 10 million dollars in what they thought was good PR and not extremely creepy.

Meanwhile, there’s word that Katie Holmes has had enough and wants to leave Tom Cruise. (They will try to stop her).

Many people have been giving advice to Anonymous via Youtube. (There’s plenty more if you look. I just liked this one as an example).

The press has been paying attention to the battle.

Mass protests against the cult are being organized around the world on Feb 10th.

So things are just getting started.

Lots of their secret documents and videos have been leaked to the web. If it wasn’t obvious by now they aren’t a real religion, this might change your mind. Here’s a list of the bogus exercises they put you through for thousands of dollars. There are plenty of interviews online with ex-members of the cult who held top ranks that back this up.

They are about to face a losing battle that all their lawyers and stalkers will have a hard time dealing with. Like the RIAA, they are fighting against an unknown legion of people on the internet They can’t fight them all. More and more exposure will be revealed and I seriously doubt they can weather this storm. 

Friday, February 01, 2008

10 Year Old Girl’s Recital

I didn’t expect her to play this.